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Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction (O'Reilly Digital Studio)

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This is a very interesting book that blends books on HTML design and information architecture with Dreamweaver tutorial books. And the result, works pretty well. Certainly there could be more on Dreamweaver functions, and the material on site design could go into more depth. But overall, I think it works. And I think it would be an ideal book for anyone getting started with Dreamweaver and web work. It's doesn't get lost in the Dreamweaver details, and it's not so architectural that implementation is completely lost.

I have went through many Dreamweaver books and ended up more frustrated after reading them. They jump right into the details of all the features of the software and xhtml, css, etc. I end up trying to memorize all the features and trying to determine if I need them for what I'm trying to accomplish.

This book starts from an idea->design->implementation->publish perspective. The author goes through the philosophy behind each step, then shows the features in Dreamweaver that will facilitate it. This book goes through the features of Dreamweaver that will facilitate the process flow. I need to know what I need to do and can then pick up another book for how to do it. There are details in the book that shows the steps to getting the important design process done. This book will save a lot of time for those that has an idea of what they want for their next web site but get bogged down on the technnical details of the software and other books.

p.s. The section on layers is clearly written. You'll be creating css compliant layout using Dreamweaver in no time.

This book takes you from web-site zero through building a basic client-side only web site using Dreamweaver 8.

My only critique is that it seemed like we didn't even get to actually using Dreamweaver 8 until about page 100. Before that was an intro to general web-site concepts and HTML.

Anyway, it's an attractive and informative book that is priced lower than most.

Are you new to Dreamweaver 8? If you are, then this book is for you! Author Marc Campbell, has done an outstanding job of writing a book for people who are new to creating their own web sites from the ground up and all that it entails.

Campbell, begins by showing you how to devise your plan. Then, the author shows you how to develop a blueprint for your site. Next, he shows you how to add just about anything to the pages of your site. Finally, the author shows you how to take the working prototype that exists on your computer and publish it to the Web for all of the world to see.

This most excellent book serves an introduction to creating web sites using Macromedia Dreamweaver 8. More importantly, the focus throughout this book is that sound design and usability are inextricably linked.

The book is well layed-out, and descriptions are clear and concise. The first 95 pages or so are relatively basic. I have used a crusty version of Homesite to create a few basic Websites in-the-past, so those first 95 pages didn't teach me anything that I didn't already know. Except perhaps for the design and paper and pencil preparation.

After page 95 (or so), you jump right into Dreamweaver and are instructed as to its' functions. The Webpage you're building is a basic HTML page, and does not use any server-side technology like ASP, or PHP, or CGI/Perl.

It too is well layed-out, and step-by-step. I only wished that a deeper discussion of CSS integration was employed.

So, for the beginner, or for someone who likes to paper & pencil prep, I'd have to say that this is a worthwhile buy.

For the more advanced user, I'd have to say that you may be better off with more of a reference-style tome.

All said, I do not regret the purchase.

very helpful information for designing web sites

timely delivery

great condition

This book is well written and laid out well (for the most part), but the lack of color really, really hurts this Dreamweaver 8 guide. Perhaps I am being a bit of a stickler, but a book in 2006 not only needs to have good content, but it need to also have a great layout as well. Deciding to go with 5 major colors (white, black, grey, blue, dark blue) not only makes the book seem dull and drab, it detracts from the reader the good content within.

For anyone that uses Dreamweaver 8 on a daily basis this is a great reference guide but the layout editor could have done a much better job. If you care about content more than pizzaz, I think you will be happy with this book

**** RECOMMENDED